Easter Egg History: chocolate eggs for Easter treats

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Easter Egg History

Easter Egg history is the subject of today’s post. Over the last few days we have posted on Easter treats, including posts on bean to bar chocolate and artisan chocolate makers plus another post detailing Heart Healthy Chocolate Perks. A couple of days ago, we wrote on ethical ‘fairtransport’ chocolate from The Grenada Chocolate Company. In fact Rococo chocolates, featured in the post photo is one UK boutique which stocks The Grenada Chocolate Company bars.

Easter Egg history: what have eggs got to do with the Christian celebration?

It is thought while Christians celebrated the resurrection in spring, pagans celebrated the spring equinox in the festival of Eostre. Early Christianity made a pragmatic acceptance of the pagan festival. It is thought that the word Easter itself comes from the Norse festival Eostur and the pagan goddess Eostre.

Both the spring equinox and the resurrection are about rebirth. Many other Easter symbols such as bunnies and lambs and be interpreted along these lines. But where do eggs come into the story? When did Easter egg history begin? Ancient Egyptians, Persians, Phoenicians, and Hindus all believed the world began with an enormous egg, so the Easter celebration of rebirth could have gained the egg association from the birth of the Earth itself.

Historically Christians have abstained from eating meat and eggs during lent, the period from Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) to Easter. Easter would have been the first opportunity in weeks to eat eggs. It is also thought that one north African Christian tribe coloured eggs at Easter – a fresh egg after a long winter and abstention from meat for weeks would have been something to behold!

This Easter egg history post picture shows hand-painted chocolate Easter eggs from Rococo and Cadbury Mini Eggs. Rococo is an award winning chocolatier with boutiques in Chelsea, Belgravia and Marylebone in London and one in Chester. Rococo, along with the ethical bean to bar chocolatier The Grenada Chocolate Company own a factory on the Caribbean island of Grenada.

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